About Me

Lanis Lewis

I desire to be a Christ follower who is absolutely blown away by the Gospel of Jesus Christ. This means that I place no confidence in the flesh but rest supremely on Jesus Christ's finish work on the Cross.

Daily Read

1 John 4:7-14

7 Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. 8 The one who does not love does not know God, for God is love. 9 By this the love of God was manifested in us, that God has sent His only begotten Son into the world so that we might live through Him. 10 In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins. 11 Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. 12 No one has seen God at any time; if we love one another, God abides in us, and His love is perfected in us. 13 By this we know that we abide in Him and He in us, because He has given us of His Spirit. 14 We have seen and testify that the Father has sent the Son to be the Savior of the world. NASU

Wednesday, May 30, 2012

"And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write:
He who is holy, who is true, who has the key of David, who opens and no one will shut, and who shuts and no one opens, says this:
'I know your deeds. Behold, I have put before you an open door which no one can shut, because you have a little power, and have kept My word, and have not denied My name. (Revelation 3:7-8 NASB)
The church at Philadelphia understood closed doors. Those Jewish believers would have the door to the synagogue
closed to them because of their faith in Jesus Christ. To choose Jesus might cause the door to business or job opportunities to shut. To be baptized in Jesus name would close the door to friendships and even family relationships. Jesus said to this feeble church. "I know your deeds. Behold, I have put before you an open door which no one can shut, because you have a little power, and have kept My word, and have not denied My name. (Revelation 3:8 NASB)
However, Jesus assures this feeble church that He has a door no one can shut. All they have to do is remain faithful and walk through this door.
He places us into situations to bring about His kingdom into our world. All we have to do is remain faithful and walk through the doors He opens, or we trust Him when He closes a door; believing that He knows what's best for us.
The end result of this kind of faith is seen in His next words: "He who overcomes, I will make him a pillar in the temple of My God, and he will not go out from it anymore; and I will write on him the name of My God, and the name of the city of My God, the new Jerusalem, which comes down out of heaven from My God, and My new name." (Revelation 3:12 NASB)
You and I have the opportunity to become pillars in God's Sanctuary...talk about strength and security! However, it doesn't end there, we also are branded with God's name and God's city...All because we were faithful. As Philadelphia, we may be feeble but we can still be faithful!
Go ahead, Walk Through The Door!